Faire société : libertés publiques et individuelles - To what extent is the US still the "land of the free"?

Thèmes abordés

Patriot Act, liberté, liberté individuelle, réflexion, anglais, argumentation, Amérique

Résumé du document

Ce document est une réflexion personnelle argumentée produite en anglais en se basant sur un corpus documentaire.

Extraits

[...] This is what the journalist from The Guardian calls "the foundations of the mass surveillance state", far from the "land of the free" that the United States claims to be. Through agencies like the FBI and the National Security Agency the government has increasing power to collect and analyze data from American citizens. The first document illustrates this idea of a "surveillance state". Indeed, a menacing man in the shadows is looking through the stripes of the USA flag, pulling them apart like blinds, as if he was spying on someone. [...]

[...] Therefore, this debate regarding security, surveillance and privacy undermines the idea of the US as the 'land of the free'. What is more, there are other issues in the US that allow us to question this concept, such as immigration and border control. Traditionally, the US was a home for thousands of immigrants from all around the world, as shown by the strong symbol of the Statue of Liberty on Ellis Island, which was the busiest immigration inspection station in the US in the late 19th century and early 20th century. [...]

[...] Faire société : libertés publiques et individuelles - To what extent is the US still the "land of the free"? Après lecture et analyse du dossier documentaire suivant, vous réaliserez une synthèse de 500 mots environ en montrant comment les documents éclairent la question suivante : « To what extent is the US still the 'land of the free' ? ». Introduction The expression 'land of the free' describes a very important part of the American identity, and of the United States' founding principles. [...]